The Heist

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Turn a team of experts into an expert team

Quickly implement and deliver an exciting, immersive and challenging team communication scenario.

Use the virtual environment to practice and deepen key tools and techniques.

Teams can practice-and-practice risk free.

Giving corrective feedback at the point of error.

Customized communication skills scorecards to map out team gap analysis.

Measure and optimize performance collectively.

4 Benefits of The Heist Training Scenario

Drive Innovation

Accelerate learning through the use of disruptive learning tools, techniques and processes that radically speed up the process of planning, complex problem solving, creative thinking, collaboration and execution of projects.

Develop Transferable Skills

Taking risks. Making Mistakes. Managing Conflict. Problem solving. This immersive scenario is also an emotional setting that is a testing ground of your team’s capabilities. Solving the scenario results in development of emotional intelligence, social skills, teamwork, collaboration and leadership skills which are real and tangible assets for the business.

Control The Environment

You can control the scenario to manage the appropriate level of difficulty, easy-normal-hard, for participants as they navigate the simulation content. You can stop-start-repeat scenario milestones to give feedback and manage the team’s performance.

Create Team Excitement

Ask yourself the question of when last time you were excited about doing a training course was? Create a company buzz and use the communication scenario « the Heist » to positively engage with participants in a disruptive learning process.

Training Scenario Objective

A team of 5 must solve 20 complex problems in 45 minutes

The objective of The Heist is for the 5 members of the Black Swan team to retrieve The Circle Inc.’s well-being secret drug formula from their underground laboratory.

The scenario challenge is for one member of the team (the planner) to guide the other 4 members through the security systems of the building, avoiding the electronic surveillance obstacles, guards, drones and patrols to get into the vault, secure the asset and escape.

The team planner has access to The Circle laboratory’s CCTV via a touch screen and uses this information to collaborate with the team to achieve the scenario goal.

The Team

Anonymous as

The Brain

He is a ex top manager from The Circle and member from BlackSwan since the start of the movement. He already had been captured by The Circle but always found a way to escape, due to his extensive knowledge of this organisation and its methods.

His experience in crisis management and his patience make him a valuable partner. But his will to achieve the objective makes him blind on his partners obstacles.

Thibault Dags as

Height: 1.79m;

Weight: 81kg

Role: Technician

Tool: Infrared Glasses (Show lasers as well as motion and heat detectors)

The Artist

Though he has no formal training, Thibault is now recognized as a world class engineer. He started following this career at a young age, when he volunteered for Habitat for Humanity as part of a high school program. Most renowned for incredible collaboration with local inhabitants and his talent for improvising under any circumstances, Thibault has undoubtedly transformed the world of charity.

Twice now, housing projects he was working on, once in Thailand and once in Haiti, were sabotaged mere weeks before The Circle decided to purchase the land and install factories in their place. Though they fought The Circle in court, the cost of legal fees kept them from being able to stand up against The Circle.

Recently, when water close to the construction site for a school was suddenly discovered to be massively polluted, a legal team from Black Swan helped prove The Circle’s involvement and had them pay for the de-pollution. Since then, Thibault has joined Black Swan, helping them in a wide array of situations all across the world.

Melinda Von Gassner as

Height: 1.58m;

Weight: 47kg

Role: Acrobat

Tool: Soundwave Gun (Can stun guards)

Tumbler

The youngest daughter of a rich family of Swiss bankers and lawyers, Melinda was destined for a career in medicine. She studied ballet at a very young age, but had to stop at the age of 16, when her parents deemed it too time consuming as it would keep her from pursuing a good career.

When she started university, she met a fellow student whose parents ran a circus nearby. In the evenings, and in secret, she started practicing to become a world class contortionist.

She went on to lead a successful double-life for years, working in as a surgeon by day, and as a contortionist by night. Then the hospital she worked at was taken over by The Circle Health Group, and every employee’s background and activities were meticulously examined. Forced into “early retirement” and humiliated in the eyes of her family, she joined Black Swan in hopes of preventing The Circle’s practices from ruining other people’s lives.

Laurent Lafont as

Height: 1.79m;

Weight: 82kg

Role: Hacker

Tool: Detection Scanner (Displays the field of view of Motion Detectors)

I.T.

Trained as a top mathematician and an internet security developer, Laurent was rapidly interested in Hacktivism and Hackers in general. Though there is no proof, he is said to have brought to light information that incriminated 10 big companies in the last 5 years.

Laurent started working for The Circle’s I.T. department in order to infiltrate their security system, which is said to be one of the best in the world. A great security system usually means there are things to hide.

One day he was caught red-handed. The Circle immediately found out about his activities as a hacker, and gave him a choice: either he helped them by infiltrating Black Swan or they made sure he went to prison for what he did.

With no other choice, Laurent infiltrated Black Swan, but no one was counting on him switching allegiance. Though this made him a fugitive, he has become one of Black Swan’s best assets, regularly helping them bring information about The Circle’s activities to light.

Laura Kateb as

Icebreaker

Born from a poor family, Laura quickly learned to observe people and the way they behave and interact. When she graduated from high school and started looking for a job she quickly was put off by corporate environments and hierarchical structures. In consequence she decided to make her own way as a hacker, observing people’s behavior in bars, cafes and office buildings and hacking less reputable people, often alerting law enforcement of their wrongdoings.

Two years ago, she was offered a job as a white hat hacker by The Circle, but she immediately refused. Black Swan saw this as an opportunity and asked her for help in their struggle with The Circle. Though she refuses to be directly affiliated with Black Swan, she seems to spend more time working with them than not.

Laura holds onto her freedom dearly, but she is willing to do astounding work if the reasons are good, and that’s where Black Swan comes in.

Story

Back Story: Black Swan vs The Circle

Two companies fighting for dominion. The Circle uses a company well-being program to drug its employees so they follow the principles of good management — be right and do it right.

Black Swan is a startup team fighting to end the dominion of The Circle and aim to free their employees from their chemical prison and release their natural energy of innovation and creativity.

Change the Game Now

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